The salesman nodded. ‘That’s right,’ he said. ‘It’s all there. Every last bit.’

‘And if I take it?’ she asked. ‘What then?’

He shrugged. ‘Then it’s yours,’ he said. ‘What happens after that is up to you.’ She scanned his face for clues, but saw nothing. She hesitated. What should she do? There was no guaranteethat what she thought was in the bag was actually what was in the bag. BUT WAS THAT A CHANCE SHE COULD TAKE? So much rested on this. So much.

Every once in a while I'll want to write an email with something in particular catching the reader's eye, so I'll write it in all-caps. Then when I reread it before sending, I feel guilty because it looks like I'm shouting. So then I'll replace it with the bolt/italics/underline trifecta. Now I feel guilty for that too!

I've been trying to buy a car on craigslist and this seems to be the established format for postings. I have ignored potentially good deals because I find the formatting abhorrent. So, you changed the timing belt recently, but why are you yelling at me?